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Britannia Range Door Screw Broken Off

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We have recently have had a problem with a Britannia Range where, when we went to put the main oven door back together, the screw holding the inner glass panel in place broke off. This has only happened once before and on both occasions it was just a case of screw suddenly breaking when tightening it up.

To fix it you need to replace the whole inner oven door panel. When it happened before a few years back I got the part from Britannia in a couple of days, went back to the house on the same day that we got it and replaced it. So a very fast transaction by Britannia with the correct part and the door was put back together ; so sorted.

This time I ordered the part making sure that I ordered the right part. It took a week for it to arrive and then the wrong part arrived. A phone call, they apologised said that I had ordered the right part but they had sent the wrong one. A week later the right part arrived.

We went to house to fit it. We took the old door apart and then when putting the door back together we noticed that the nuts in the door into which the screws screwed were missing. These are actually nuts riveted into place. We actually then fixed the old door. We found that by screwing a good screw into the nut it pushed the broken screw out. Then we put in a new screw and it was sorted.

Now we had the new door without nuts so I phoned Britannia and they arranged to pick up the door. The guy arrived the next day so very fast service. They have told us they will refund us when they get the door back to the depot. So in all even though they cocked up the delivery of the part I am impressed by the Britannia Range Spares people.

Then we discovered that by screwing a screw into the broken one we could fix it.

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Rusty Ovens inside An AGA Cooker

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We got a call last week where the client had had a flood in their kitchen after some poor work from a plumber. A valve had 'blown' and water had flooded the kitchen. The AGA ovens had gone rusty inside.

The client booked us in to clean the AGA and we told him that we would be able to wire brush the ovens to get the rust off. We assured him that once the AGA was back on then the AGA would stop rusting.

I had another AGA today a four oven AGA which I noticed had rust in the two main ovens as it had been left off for a few weeks. Really as it's cast iron inside the ovens they are going to rust pretty quickly once the heat source of the AGA has been switched off.

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4 Oven AGA Cleaning

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This is a photograph of me cleaning a four oven AGA. We clean them with care and attention to ensure that we clean all the detail of the AGA cooker and at the end they gleam . It takes about 3 hours to clean them. This is 3 hours of continuous hard work with no stopping. Sometimes they take longer than this especially if the top is very thick in grease.

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Complete 4 Oven AGA Cleaning

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A while back I was cleaning a four oven AGA cooker and I did what we was our normal clean for a four oven AGA then: a complete clean of the outside of the AGA, the inside of the doors on all four ovens, the inside strip and a brush out of the inside of ovens 1 and 2 and the lids. That is at that time we didn't clean the inside of ovens 3 and 4. The client asked me why we didn't clean the inside of ovens 3 and 4 and I told her that as they were aluminium then they weren't as easy to clean.

Special Offer on Oven Cleaning Training Course

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In celebration of over five years of cleaning ovens and AGA cookers we are now offering our oven cleaning, cooker cleaning and AGA cleaning training courses with a 25% discount. Please contact us for details and making your first steps to running your own oven cleaning business.

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Work Experience - Oven Cleaning Office at OvenGleam

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I remember strolling in at about 9.50 for my first day of work experience I was so nervous, I had thoughts like what will the people be like, will they just have me make teas and coffees but I couldn't be more wrong.. during my week at work experience I have found it to be a great experience in which I have really enjoyed, although having to get up early and a lot of writing, Jayne and Catherine never failed too make me as comfy as possible and even made me laugh and ENJOY BEING AT WORK! which to us kids is known as the impossible.

Oven and AGA Cleaning Shaftesbury

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I have been to Shaftesbury today and cleaned a 4 oven AGA cooker.  We are often in that area so if you are looking to get your range cooker, aga cooker, or oven, hob and extractor cleaned please give us a call on 0800 45 82 357

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Pub Range Cleaning

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We often clean range cookers, work areas, grills and extraction units in Pubs,small restaurant, cafes and Bed and Breakfasts' kitchens. Often I have been surprised by the lack of cleanliness of areas and equipment that should be regularly cleaned.

Student Oven Cleaning Exeter

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I've cleaned two 90cm single oven ranges this week in student accommodation in Exeter. Alan cleaned another 90cm range and a single oven and hob in the property next door which also was student accommodation.

This means that in the last week I have cleaned 15 single oven ranges  and extractor /hoods (thirteen in Cardiff in student accommodation there) and in addition to this I've cleaned a single oven, hob and extractor and a double oven and extractor. Not bad for some one who normally is working part time.

In the last week we have become extremely busy so today I have also cleaned  a  90cm single oven range and hood in Bath for an agent who desperately need it cleaning and the guys have had full days.

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AGA In The Summer Equals A Very Hot Kitchen

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It has been very hot here in the UK for the last few days and even hotter in our kitchen. The AGA cooker has been on all the time and I've noticed the thermometer reading in our kitchen has often been over 40C. So it has meant opening the back door fully open and opening the windows too.

We also decided to 'turn the AGA down' a couple of days ago and after doing this it now does seem to have made a difference to the heat in our kitchen. On the 30 Amp AGA, which we have, you can do this this easily by just turning the knob on the control dial. The only thing is it takes longer to cook things. But it didn't stop my wife cooking a really lovely Quorn cottage pie tonight.

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